Student Veteran Services

We Are Here to Serve YOU!

Mission

Student Veteran Services provides a seamless transition for student veterans both academically and socially by assisting them in becoming fully integrated into the East Carolina University community by educating, preparing, and engaging. Student Veteran Services provides supportive services necessary to ensure that student veterans are successful in their academic pursuits, adjust to the campus environment, and eventually transition to civilian employment.

Vision

East Carolina University is committed to easing the transition of Service members to Student Veteran status by:

Providing coordinated delivery of benefits and services.

Conducting motivational and outreach workshops for veterans and college faculty/staff.

Developing partnerships with campus and community personnel and resources.

Providing Professional counseling services to Veterans in an on-campus setting.

What We Do

FOR STUDENT VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS

We help connect Service-members/Veterans and their families to the appropriate services on campus by providing the following:

Information and resources to ease the transition from military-life to campus-life

Mentoring through the Pirate-to-Pirate Mentoring Program

Specific activities that welcome students to the campus community and show appreciation for their military service such as our bi-annual “Fall-In” event, various workshops, an educational summit during Military Appreciation Week, and connecting through social media

"Support the Pirate Veterans" Student Organization

A friendly environment to meet with other veterans and assist in locating on-campus and off-campus resources

COAD 1000 course, designed to prepare students for college-level work

FOR FACULTY AND STAFF

We connect faculty and staff to student veterans, service members and their families by providing the following:

Green Zone Training - training to faculty and staff on information and resources related to issues faced by student veterans, service members & families

Resources and information to help students with services needed inside and outside of the classroom

Activities that engage and enlighten faculty and staff to the needs of students

A supportive environment where faculty and staff can seek assistance research to understand best practices for student veterans